takararose

ok all here is my problem....at this time i work 4-12 hour shifts and every other weekend 10 hours, 5-530 and 5-330 respectively.....now my head nurse tells me that those are no longer possible due to total hours or some bs like that and to come up with another option, or plan for me......first off, why me went though my mind but that is beside the point...secondly, she suggested working 530 to 2pm but who would really want to take more patients at that time despite only for another 1-1/2 hours, still doesnt seem too fair to me....and thirdly i am not real sure what all my options are as she told me to come up with some other plan.....i did 10 years of straight afternoon shift and absolutely hate it now and really never want to go back to that shift......this shift is perfect for me and my family and has been like this for 2-1/2 years....so please give me some options that i can take back to her....as much feedback would be great...thank you all, nancy

i had a young male patient who apparently was bored one night and decided to see what would happen if he put a pencil into his member....hmmmm.....read a book, turn on the tv, hell take a sleeper, but pencil, member, i think not!!!

it all depends particularly on the doctor....ours want the urine to be clear....so depending on the patient, i have gone through 9 bags once in an eight hour shift to properly get the pt to be clear, was alot of emptying and hanging and time consuming....ours dont require that much and maybe only 2 or 3 bags is quite the norm

we remove them all the time, the only tube that the nurse does not remove is a chest tube, otherwise, the rest are our responsiblily